Non-refillable bottle.



C. B. H. LA BOUNTY.

NON -REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLIOATION :FILED APR.3, 1913.

Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

@BRM-Bounty mbox/nudo CHARLES B. H. LA BOUNTY, OF TACOIVIA, WASHINGTON.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. i

Application filed April 3, 1913.

Serial No. 758,662.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES B. H. LA BOUNTY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tacoma, in the county of Pierce and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements Vin Non- Retillable Bottles; and I do declare the tollowing to be a full, clear, and exact descrip-` tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to bottles and jars, and more especially to those which have valves in their necks to prevent them from being relilled; and the object of the same is to produce an improved guard in the shape of a cap covering the outlet end of theV neck so that liquid cannot be passed thereinto in order to refill the bottle, with improved means for preventing the removal of said guard. This and other objects are carried out in the manner hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and as shown in the drawings wherein- Figure 1 is a vertical section of this improved bottle in an upright position, and Fig. 2 is a similar section with the bottle inverted. F ig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. el is a perspective view of the nipple at the upper end of the f bottle-body. Fig. 5 is a sectional perspective view or' the cap on a larger scale.

Tn the drawings the letter B designates the body of an ordinary bottle, although of course the same might be a jar or a jug, and the letter N designates the neck thereof which in the present instance is comparatively large and surrounds a smaller neck n which is in etect a nipple upstanding within the axis of the larger neck from a transverse partition T which is molded of glass at the time the bottle is formed. The inner neck is small and short, and permits the insertion of an ordinary cork in the upper end of the outer neck or shield, so that the bottle may be laid away or transported as usual. The nipple n is tubular, and through it the contents of the bottle are poured out as usual; and it is the purpose of the present invention to cover said nipple with a guard in the shape of a cap, movably attached to the nipple so that it cannot be removed by those who are maliciously inclined, and so constructed that the contents of the bottle may be decanted but the bottle cannot be refilled.

Coming'now moreparticularly to the details of the present invention, the numeral l designates ak rather wide groove around the nipple where it emerges into the partition T, and the numeral 2 designates a pairV of grooves leading from said wide groove 1 upward at quite a steep pitch around the nipple and open at its upper end as shown.

.In the Adrawings have illustrated two of these spiral'grooves 2, but it is quite obvious vthat a greater orV lesser number'might be emkend 6. The bore of said body is preferably provided with longitudinal grooves 7, and at opposite points, if there are two of thc spiral grooves 2 as shown, said bore carries twof inwardly projecting pins 8, each of which hasa groove Vin its upper side 9 so that in eiect it is U-shaped in cross section where it projects into the bore of the cap.

The parts are assembled as shown in Fig. l, and before the cap is applied the bottle is illed. Then the cap is dropped in place and its body turned until its pins engage the upper ends of the grooves 2, when it will travel downward if the bottle is jiggled slightly and come to rest with its pins in the wide groove l. The mouth of the larger neck N is closed with a cork, and the bottle is sent to its destination; and when it is desired to decantthe bottle the cork C is withdrawn and the bottle turned to a horizontal position. The result is that the liquid flows down through the nipple n against the inside of the cap 5, and pushes the latter outward on the nipple until its pins strike the upper side wall of the wide groove l. Tf it should so happen that they pass into the lower or inner ends of the wide grooves 2, they quickly come to rest when their pins 8 engage the barbs il. Tn fact it would be almost impossible to remove the ca from the nipple, even if one could catch 1liold of the cap which is impossible by reason of the proximity of the outer neck N. The liquid flowing outward through the nipple passes into thek upper end of the cap, then returns through the longitudinal grooves within its Patented 9ct. 21, 1913.

bore, and iiows out the outer neck. When the liquid is poured out and the bottle is enipty, the parts resume the position shown in Fig. l. When now it is undertaken by some unauthorized person to reiill the bottle and the saine is stood up, liquid poured into the larger neck rises in the lower end thereof above the partition T and around the nip-V ple n, and the air trapped in the cap causes the latter to rise asi'ar as its pins permit and then produces in effect an air seal so that the liquid will not enter the nipple n. rlihe relative sizes and eXact details are not essential.

l] hat is claimed as new is: Y

rlhe combination with' a cap of inverted cup-shape, and pins projecting radially inward within its bore; of a bottle having a neck rising from its upper end, and' a tubu-v lar nipple rising from saidE end within such neck and having external spiral grooves eX- tending from its lower end upward` andprovided with downwardly projecting barbs in their walls, the grooves being so disposed as to receive the pins in the cap.

2. The combination with a cap of inverted cup-shape, and pins projecting radially in-Y ward within its bore;Y of a bottle having a partition across its neck, and a tubular nipple rising from and opening through said partition and having an annular groove around its base and spiral grooves extend; ing` from said annular groove to its upper l pins in the cap.

3. The combination with a cap of inverted cup-shape, and pins projecting radially 1nward within its bore at the lower end of the 40 lat-ter, each pin being of U-shaped cross section; of a bottle having a neck rising from its upper end, a tubular nipple rising from vsaid' end within such neck and having an annular groove around its base and spiral grooves extending.l from said annular groove -to its upper end and having downwardly projecting barbs,` the last-named grooves be ing so disposed as to receivef the pins inthe l cap'.

4. The combination with a cap of inverted cup-shape, and a pin projecting radially inward within its bore and of ll-shapedr cross section at its inner end; of a bottle,` a tubular nipple rising from it and having a spiral groove extending from its lower to its upper vend and provided in its upper wall with a downward-ly projecting barb*l lin testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- TISSSGS.

CHARLES B. H. LA BUUNTY.

Witnesses:

ELsiE F. KEPPLER, J. M. KEEN.

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